Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump reportedly believing he’ll be “reinstated” in the White House as some of his allies and supporters openly call for a coup.
Will Arizona’s fraudit start checking ballots for traces or marinara or olive oil?
Fox News is malevolent, but CNN mainstreamed Rick Santorum and many other right wing liars. CNN’s hands are definitely NOT clean here. https://t.co/h4AWuQSLRB
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 8, 2021
The January 6th insurrectionist asking for release from jail because he now says he “bought into a pack of lies” also claims he was “just there to watch.”
But here he is literally heading up the mob chasing Officer Eugene Goodman inside the Capitol—he’s the one in the Q shirt: https://t.co/Hn7q3A1OVF pic.twitter.com/LqsJIF8oQj— Leah McElrath 🏳️🌈 (@leahmcelrath) June 8, 2021
re: #1 DesertDenizen
Will Arizona’s fraudit start checking ballots for traces or marinara or olive oil?
Naw, it’ll look for ketchup and egg noodles, because that’s all they have out in the sticks. /henry hill.
re: #3 Charles Johnson
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a lot of people sitting in jail quickly regret what they did that got em there
The January 6th insurrectionist asking for release from jail because he now says he “bought into a pack of lies” also claims he was “just there to watch.”
But here he is literally heading up the mob chasing Officer Eugene Goodman inside the Capitol—he’s the one in the Q shirt: https://t.co/Hn7q3A1OVF pic.twitter.com/LqsJIF8oQj— Leah McElrath 🏳️🌈 (@leahmcelrath) June 8, 2021
re: #1 DesertDenizen
Will Arizona’s fraudit start checking ballots for traces or marinara or olive oil?
Don’t forget the drops of soy sauce, sriracha and chili sauce!
re: #2 Charles Johnson
Right up until the failed coup, CNN had Rick Santorum on regularly, and has had a lot of complete wackjobs associated with Trump on the air. While not as bad as Fox, white nationalist propaganda is distributed through your own news network.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 8, 2021
re: #3 Charles Johnson
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yeah I entered the bank with the robbers
I didn’t have a gun
I just watched
i didn’t do anything (as if)
re: #2 Charles Johnson
CNN gave a platform to everyone from Pat Buchanan to Tucker Carlson.
That was one of the original sins of Magic Balance Fairy - that there are always both sides with valid points of view, when there are some things that are just facts and those that aren’t.
Frozen Bubble Formations and Shards of Snow Captured in Alaska’s Swamps and Ponds by Ryota Kajita
thisiscolossal.com
what kind of train is this exactly https://t.co/KrYYRBGP2s
— darth™ (@darth) June 8, 2021
Was any immigrant helped by this absolutely ridiculous Partisan stunt? pic.twitter.com/23poNB1txc
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) June 8, 2021
re: #3 Charles Johnson
With that Q shirt and the video of him chasing Goodman, he is, sadly for him, one of the most recognizable insurrectionists next to the Q-Shaman. Keep his ass in jail.
*snerk*
McConnell’s quest for bipartisanship continues https://t.co/12qfcVmxf7 via @courierjournal
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) June 8, 2021
I can just see the pool reporters following VP Harris around Guatemala with one eye on their social media accounts just waiting for some idiot to pop off about her visit. I can almost name the reporter.
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) June 8, 2021
re: #9 lawhawk
CNN gave a platform to everyone from Pat Buchanan to Tucker Carlson.
That was one of the original sins of Magic Balance Fairy - that there are always both sides with valid points of view, when there are some things that are just facts and those that aren’t.
They hired Corey F*cken Levandowski in 2016 and paid him 500k after he was fired from the Trump campaign for assaulting a reporter.
I don’t want to be on a plague ship, even if I am vaccinated!
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) June 8, 2021
Perryville, Kentucky is redesigning its city logo, which features a Confederate flag: https://t.co/3h1MeAR9OT
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) June 8, 2021
I’m reading Edwin Meese’s amicus brief in support of the frivolous All-Star Game lawsuit.
It’s one of the most impressive dumps I’ve ever seen someone take on their own reputation. It’s a pathetic reflection on the current state of the Republican party.https://t.co/lpwJaAijx6— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) June 8, 2021
re: #18 No Malarkey!
Why would I want to be trapped in a floating hotel with people who are so damaged that they always gleefully do the wrong thing to stick it to decent people? The pro-disease crowd can FOAD.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 8, 2021
You’ve misquoted me. I did not call Manchin a moron. I said I witnessed a prolonged conversation between him and Ben Carson on the Acela and Carson was, in that encounter, the smart one. So, a submoron at best. https://t.co/g3UdgDuHKE
— David Simon (@AoDespair) June 7, 2021
re: #18 No Malarkey!
IMHO, unrepentently unvaccinated people are selfish entitled assholes. I can think of better ways to spend my time and money than being crammed onto a cruise ship with them.
obama: the attack on our democracy is unconscionable.
trump: i actually won the election i lost.
cnn: two former presidents offer equal takes on politics.— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 8, 2021
re: #21 No Malarkey!
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Wow, but the Free Market! I guess this proves that the GOP are the real communists since they want to control every aspect of business decisions at the federal government level.
re: #26 DesertDenizen
Wow, but the Free Market! I guess this proves that the GOP are the real communists since they want to control every aspect of business decisions at the federal government level.
“You are free to agree with me.”
re: #27 No Malarkey!
“You are free to agree with me.”
It is also an attempt to enshrine into law that a corporation’s legal responsibility is to make as much money as possible for shareholders, all other considerations be damned. That’s scary in and of itself.
re: #21 No Malarkey!
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FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES LIKE THAT OF DEFENDANTS HAVE A LEGAL
RESPONSIBILITY TO STAKEHOLDERS TO FOCUS ON RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS, …
explain (i think there’s more)
1. Trump Steaks
2. GoTrump
3. Trump Airlines
4. Trump Vodka
5. Trump Mortgage
6. Trump: The Game
7. Trump Magazine
8. Trump University
9. Trump Ice
10. The New Jersey Generals
11. Tour de Trump
12. Trump Network
13. Trumped!
Trump companies that sought bankruptcy protection:
1. Trump Taj Mahal
2. Trump’s Castle
3. Trump Plaza Casinos
4. Trump Plaza Hotel
5. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts
6. Trump Entertainment Resorts
re: #30 Dangerman
That argument, if the courts were to buy it, would REQUIRE companies to minimize worker pay and benefits, forgo long term planning and reinvestment, and attempt to break as many regulations as possible, as long as it added to the bottom line. That doesn’t even get into social responsibility. It would be mandatory to be as evil as possible.
re: #31 DesertDenizen
You mean he could sound like a half wit?
Larry Niven could call h “Speaker to Goobers.”
re: #28 DesertDenizen
It is also an attempt to enshrine into law that a corporation’s legal responsibility is to make as much money as possible for shareholders, all other considerations be damned. That’s scary in and of itself.
Well it says stakeholders not shareholders, so that includes employees, consumers, vendors etc
re: #28 DesertDenizen
It is also an attempt to enshrine into law that a corporation’s legal responsibility is to make as much money as possible for shareholders, all other considerations be damned. That’s scary in and of itself.
Even if that were true, MLB could say that they believe that opposing vote suppression helps their bottom line by appealing to young people they need as customers in the future.
re: #35 danarchy
When a republican says stakeholders they mean shareholders. “Only those with skin in the game” matter, i.e. those with the money.
re: #36 No Malarkey!
I don’t disagree with that take, but it would be up to the courts to decide whether any particular decision made or lost money.
Could this be more blasphemous than pineapple on pizza?
.@USConst_Amend_I this isn’t protected, right? The government can persecute this individual? pic.twitter.com/JkWTiJs6O0
— 🦎SwampLizard🦎 (@DiscoTempoJazz) June 8, 2021
NEW: This Miami apartment building is evicting all of its 200 tenants in 60 days https://t.co/whpARRhhun
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) June 8, 2021
this bit…JFC
“The rents at Hamilton on the Bay are clearly way below market,” said Chris Zoller, broker associate with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices EWM Realty. “The company that bought the building are professional and sophisticated landlords, and there are not many buildings left in Edgewater that are strictly rental. The building is not in tip-top condition but the rents have been kept low. Now the landlord needs the people out. It’s a business decision and they have rights as property owners. The tenants can find something. It’s not going to be as nice or on the water, but they’ve had it nice for a long time.”
my bold
Dave. This was not a “gaffe.” It’s a deliberate lie. She didn’t say that. This isn’t about Biden, it’s about right wing liars. https://t.co/g7moUnrGhI
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 8, 2021
This is pretty cool:
In an exciting change, the state Democratic Party of Montana ruled to create a formal, official role for Native Americans based on the tribes’ population ratio in the state. This means that Native folks will have a proportional representative role in official party business. On a literal level, this breaks down to eight Tribal Reservations each having two delegates, with one vote each, at the Montana Democratic Party Platform, Rules, Officers, and Special Nominating Conventions. Representatives would then have the autonomy to create content for their own platforms and choose leaders for both the party and candidates for special elections. The Montana Democratic Party is the first state party in the U.S. to make this change.
In a statement, President Andrew Werk Jr. of the Fort Belknap Indian Community expressed gratitude toward the Committee for its effort toward equalizing representation. Werk stressed that the new rule “allows Indian people to move closer towards equal representation,” per a media release.
hi
Expecting my Internet service to go out late this afternoon. From the Cheyenne NWS regional forecast:
Sight Risk for scattered severe thunderstorms across parts of southeastern Wyoming and Nebraska Panhandle this afternoon into late evening. Main threats associated with these storms will be strong winds, lightning, and hail up to golf ball possible. Initially discrete storms will be possible across southeastern Wyoming mainly between 3 PM and 8 PM MDT with the Nebraska Panhandle expected to start seeing thunderstorm activity after 6 PM through around midnight. The main areas of concern for isolated tornado risk are highlighted above which include cities such as Scottsbluff, Bridgeport, Chugwater, Alliance, Sidney, and Kimball. Stay weather aware and be sure to have multiple ways to receive weather warnings and forecast updates!
re: #39 No Malarkey!
Could this be more blasphemous than pineapple on pizza?
Pineapple wrecks a perfectly good pizza. There was no pizza involved in this product.
re: #37 DesertDenizen
When a republican says stakeholders they mean shareholders. “Only those with skin in the game” matter, i.e. those with the money.
Doesn’t matter what a republican means, words have actual meanings, more so in court filings, and I have never seen a definition of stakeholders that didn’t at the very least include employees.
Donald Trump claims to have been hacked by Italy. My Italian ex-wife, esquire, probably finds this hilarious. Kind of fitting if you think of Trump as 2nd-rate Silvio Berlusconi.
re: #45 danarchy
Again, I don’t disagree, but Republican appointed judges might.
re: #45 danarchy
Doesn’t matter what a republican means, words have actually meanings, more so in court filings, and I have never seen a definition of stakeholders that didn’t at the very least include employees.
They’ll say it as if they are part. But once they have the legislation or judicial OK I expect that most of them will simply treat employees below mid-management as commodities to be handled as cheaply as possible. It seems that too many of them don’t believe or pay attention to the studies that say spending money for good employees and good employee relations is more profitable than treating them as some sort of zero-sum game.
re: #39 No Malarkey!
Could this be more blasphemous than pineapple on pizza?
I am guessing the “cheese” is probably like a cannoli filling. It probably isn’t as gross as it sounds, but it is also doesn’t need to exist
re: #39 No Malarkey!
Could this be more blasphemous than pineapple on pizza?
The only real question in this is would you put froot loops on a sandwich? That just sounds weird to me, so I will be skipping it.
I get the feeling that she’s a white nationalist first and a lawyer a distant second based on the people that she’s seeking praise from. Lawyers who aren’t white nationalists seem to all be able to see that she’s not behaving like a lawyer, but white nationalists pin their hopes and dreams on her lies.
Sidney Powell Just ‘Eviscerated’ Her Own Legal Defense, Experts Say (The Daily Beast)
I hate excel spreadsheets and x/vlookups.
That is all.
The ousted Florida Department of Health employee says she plans to run against Rep. Gaetz for his District 1 seat, citing his sex trafficking allegations. https://t.co/3zHqGrr0iM
— WEAR ABC 3 (@weartv) June 8, 2021
re: #51 Belafon
The only real question in this is would you put froot loops on a sandwich? That just sounds weird to me, so I will be skipping it.
I’ve put Fritos on a sandwich in the distant past and it was pretty good, but I think salty crunch would be better than sweet crunch in a sandwich.
re: #36 No Malarkey!
Even if that were true, MLB could say that they believe that opposing vote suppression helps their bottom line by appealing to young people they need as customers in the future.
also, that it wouldn’t be much of a game if all the black and hispanic players refused to participate.
Oh, and severe t-storm warning in effect for northern NJ. Woo.
re: #53 lawhawk
I hate excel spreadsheets and x/vlookups.
That is all.
I don’t, since it’s a useful tool for assembling data I’m passing to users, but they really should not have made the user pass False to the function to make it return the exact match, and nothing on non-matches. That’s sabotaging the user.
re: #56 sagehen
also, that it wouldn’t be much of a game if all the black and hispanic players refused to participate.
There’d be a large bloc of jerks who are “traditionalists of the game” who would simply love that.
re: #39 No Malarkey!
When BigAg controls your pizza ingredients, you know you’re in the waning days of America.
(Froot Loops exist to addict little children to the products of BigAg.)
The criticism of Mara Gay’s take regarding U.S. flags and the recent #TrumpRally is another example of right-wing cancel culture. It is upsetting to see our flag used alongside Donald Trump flags and Confederate flags. What we are witnessing is white Christian nationalism.
— Rev. Dr. Chuck Currie (@RevChuckCurrie) June 8, 2021
re: #50 danarchy
I am guessing the “cheese” is probably like a cannoli filling. It probably isn’t as gross as it sounds, but it is also doesn’t need to exist
assuming facts not in evidence
re: #59 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
There’d be a large bloc of jerks who are “traditionalists of the game” who would simply love that.
I watch a lot of baseball, and while I don’t have formal stats, it does seem to still be a very white game, unlike basketball or football. Definite increases in latinx players, but whites are still the overall majority.
re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oddly, the white “Christian” nationalists are worshipping a non-religious conman that they’d be calling the “antichrist” if he wasn’t a pandering Republican.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 8, 2021
re: #58 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I don’t, since it’s a useful tool for assembling data I’m passing to users, but they really should not have made the user pass False to the function to make it return the exact match, and nothing on non-matches. That’s sabotaging the user.
I get the functionality/utility of it, but was never trained to use this, so it’s a lot of trial and error to figure out how to benefit from these functions.
re: #49 JOE 🥓
And who owns Berkshire Hathaway?
One Mr. Buffett…
Berkshire Hathaway doesn’t own the building. The guy from that company is just commenting on the event.
The owners are these people: businesswire.com.
White man claims his critique that the VP is bad at politics validated by election which she won by 7 million votes.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) June 8, 2021
re: #51 Belafon
The only real question in this is would you put froot loops on a sandwich? That just sounds weird to me, so I will be skipping it.
Grandma would mix Fruity Pebbles in her shortbread cookies.
This should drive Americans mad but we’ve been fed a lie that if we work hard enough and pull ourselves from our bootstraps that we too can be captains of this psychotic ship. https://t.co/tjZOwKIUPP
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) June 8, 2021
A right wing attack strategy that irritates the hell out of me every time is the deliberate out-of-context quote. It’s even more irritating that the mainstream media often falls for it.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 8, 2021
On taxes:
Nobody who depends on public assistance should be paying more in taxes than a billionaire.
This is why I believe everyone’s income taxes should be public record. Not only is sunlight the greatest disinfectant, it would decrease economic inequality and increase accountability. https://t.co/vAipK7Ij46— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) June 8, 2021
re: #1 DesertDenizen
Will Arizona’s fraudit start checking ballots for traces or marinara or olive oil?
Hey, Jonesy! Does this ballot smell like garlic to you?
re: #71 JOE 🥓
Grandma’s Fruity Pebbles Shortbread Cookies looked like this!
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Those look good. It can be weird what we can like or not like in food. I really like the dessert pizzas, especially an apple one, but the froot loops just seems weird.
re: #65 lawhawk
I get the functionality/utility of it, but was never trained to use this, so it’s a lot of trial and error to figure out how to benefit from these functions.
I expect that its XLookup that’s giving you trouble. VLookup is pretty simple if you’re familiar with named ranges. I have not used XLookup.
re: #67 No Malarkey!
It sounds like you don’t care about right and wrong, and are just focused on how the hoopleheads will misinterpret it when fed far-right propaganda.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 8, 2021
re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth
Kentucky (checks notes): Not a traitor state.
Grabbing some things from the store pic.twitter.com/jcC6fsFZ1X
— LucidFoxx (@LucidFoxx) June 5, 2021
re: #77 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
That headline is not worded well. They are redesigning their logo to remove the Dixie Swastika.
That’s why when I see right wingers pulling this shit, I don’t waffle around and say, “Well yes she said that but you see, in context…”
Nope. That’s a waste of time, and it just makes your rebuttal look weak. It’s a deliberate lie. Call it that.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 8, 2021
re: #8 Dangerman
plus
yeah I entered the bank with the robbers
I didn’t have a gun
I just watched
i didn’t do anything (as if)
Reminds me of an old cartoon where a guy dressed as a bank robber is telling a friend… “Yeah, I let a little old lady into the line in front of me … They say she got $20,000.”
re: #71 JOE 🥓
Grandma’s Fruity Pebbles Shortbread Cookies looked like this!
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I can actually smell them and the milk looks cold…just the way I like it.
McConnell from Senate floor: The Senate bipartisan January 6th attack report “is one of the many reasons I am confident in the ability of existing investigations to uncover all actionable facts about the events of January 6th.” pic.twitter.com/UytfpoAn3f
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) June 8, 2021
McConnell on China competition bill: “The Senate will wrap up consideration of a broad, bipartisan effort to update our approach to competition with China…Unfortunately, the final bill we’ll be voting on today will remain incomplete.”
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) June 8, 2021
I remember how Grandma would laugh when I would yell YABBA DABBA DOOOOO when I dipped one of her Fruity Pebbles Cookies in a cup of Yuban.
Memories of good time with Grandma!
That time when Steve started an otterly disastrous choir… https://t.co/dN9AVPFhze
— In Otter News…. (@In_Otter_News2) June 8, 2021
re: #48 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
They’ll say it as if they are part. But once they have the legislation or judicial OK I expect that most of them will simply treat employees below mid-management as commodities to be handled as cheaply as possible. It seems that too many of them don’t believe or pay attention to the studies that say spending money for good employees and good employee relations is more profitable than treating them as some sort of zero-sum game.
News Flash. They already do this. It’s one of the big reasons I “retired” early.
re: #51 Belafon
The only real question in this is would you put froot loops on a sandwich? That just sounds weird to me, so I will be skipping it.
Puffed pastry with sweet cream cheese (think semi-sweet carrot cake frosting) with fruit loops might be ok.
I won’t eat fruit loops at all because GROSS, but I digress.
And who is going to fill the scores of manual labor open jobs right now? Does the Alabama farmers federation want this? https://t.co/fgOXRtlg8E
— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) June 8, 2021
re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth
Of 25 richest Americans, Warren Buffett paid lowest taxes 2014-2018 — “a true tax rate of 0.1%, or less than 10 cents for every $100 he added to his wealth.”
“That’s perhaps surprising, given his public stance as an advocate of higher taxes for the rich.”https://t.co/kDwlFIq5sb— Alia Conley (@aliaconleyOWH) June 8, 2021
From upstairs:
re: #95 JC1
Taxing unrealized gains is a bridge too far, I think. Dividends and long term cap gains should be taxed at ordinary income rates though.
Taxing unrealized gains would lead to huge liquidations of stock at the end of the year to pay for taxes, which would cause unnecessary volatility and chaos in the markets. People would know this and try to sell before the selling starts, which would just lead to depressed equity values. Owner’s death should be a realization though.
Let’s split the difference and Index Capital Gains. After all, a gain is only an asset until you turn it into Capital.
So let’s say I had around $30,000 in November, 2008 and decided to buy 10,000 shares of Apple at $3/share (which it cost in today’s $’s because of stock splits since then), and I decided to sell it in late January, 2021 at $143/share, or $1.4 million.
So now it’s tax time and that apparent $1.43 million looks a lot like income to me! But now I get to index it and remove my initial $30,000 investment, so I’m down to $1.4 million. And now I get to index it for inflation since I bought it in November, 2008 which is right around 24%, which means I get to lop off 24% of the gain in addition to the initial investment. Now I’m paying income taxes on the additional $1.064 million of new money and other earned income on the graduated scale.
That’s doable, because I’ve got a big, fat wad of cash in new money that has been previously untaxed because I have only now converted a variable asset into an actual Capital Gain and indexed it for initial investment and inflation.
This is not soaking the rich. This makes perfect sense.
Federal law classifies foster children’s Social Security benefits as the children’s “property.” Yet Nebraska is among states that harvest that money. Our view: Some government actions may be legal, but they’re not right.https://t.co/8wi94h5qtw
— World-Herald Opinion (@OWHopinion) June 8, 2021
Fascist member of the Three Percenter terrorist organization unrepentant in jail, and needs to be incarcerated for a long time. He was reported by his son to the FBI before 1/6, after he was radicalized by Fox News and Newsmax.
Is the long division symbol significant or a known thing? https://t.co/OeD1w1iRE0
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) June 8, 2021
Oops. We’re a few days late, huh? Who cares? For a limited time, in honor of pride month all our sandwiches are gay as hell all throughout June.
And before you condemn someone for their choices and say they’re going to hell, we’re in hell now & there is no heaven
Eat Arby’s— Nihilist Arby’s (@nihilist_arbys) June 4, 2021
Oh. Oh God. The clown fiesta just keeps rolling.
…Schoolhouse Rock!
(Except they even get the name wrong.)
Yes, this is a thing that has really been submitted to a federal court.
“Your honor, the All-Star Game should be returned to Atlanta because Schoolhouse Rock.” pic.twitter.com/FVXcR9Xd4f— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) June 8, 2021
This might have done it for me. I’m just….
what do you even say at this point?
My ox is flummed. My flabber ghasted. I got nothing left. pic.twitter.com/k6Q4NVywAA— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) June 8, 2021
re: #95 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
“Harvest” sounds a lot more wholesome than “steal” does.
re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
Because it worked so well in Georgia
Nothing if not mobile, many of the 400,000 or so migrant workers (about 70 percent of whom are undocumented, according to United Farmworkers of America) who pick Georgia’s onions, cucumbers, watermelons, and peaches decided to bypass Georgia in their northward pursuit of ripening crops this spring.
The result is a dire labor shortage in the state’s $11-billion agricultural sector. With more than 11,000 positions unfilled, nearly half of Georgia’s farmers report that they have too few workers. They stand to lose $300 million as a result. In some cases the crops have already rotted in the fields and have been plowed under.
I just found out I’m older than Brian Stelter.
re: #88 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Yeah, I’ve seen that one. I need to do lookups across multiple sheets and workbooks (and there’s guidance on how to do that too).
I’m more upset that we don’t have a BA to do this kind of stuff.
re: #95 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Don’t steal, the government hates competition and will prosecute you.
22 Senate Republicans voted Yes to advance Regina Rodriguez’s nomination to be US District Court judge for Colorado to a final floor vote. 28 Republicans voted No. https://t.co/fCY7IFwTJW
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) June 8, 2021
re: #103 lawhawk
Yeah, I’ve seen that one. I need to do lookups across multiple sheets and workbooks (and there’s guidance on how to do that too).
I’m more upset that we don’t have a BA to do this kind of stuff.
That would make more sense. You didn’t go to law school to dick around with spreadsheets.
re: #93 JOE 🥓
My sister’s mother in law would make incredible cottage cheese danish rolls.
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I am so making those! Just downloaded the recipe. Should I make with real cheese or tofutti cheez (so we can eat after a meat meal)?
I think I’ll go for the real cheese since they are breakfast pastry.
re: #102 teleskiguy
I just found out I’m older than Brian Stelter.
When I have these kind of realizations, I am reminded of Tom Lehrer’s old line:
“Why, when Mozart was my age… He’d been dead for 4 years.”
was it jared https://t.co/dDBtDoqanh
— darth™ (@darth) June 8, 2021
re: #66 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Berkshire Hathaway doesn’t own the building. The guy from that company is just commenting on the event.
The owners are these people: businesswire.com.
In my small corner of this Great Green Earth, I’m starting to see REITs looking to buy local single-family houses. I seem to remember that this did not end well back on 2007-8.
re: #85 Backwoods_Sleuth
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you mean the report that did not look into what, if any role the president or senators or congressfolk at the time played in the 1/6 insurrection?
you mean that ‘report’?
McConnell from Senate floor: The Senate bipartisan January 6th attack report “is one of the many reasons I am confident in the ability of existing investigations to uncover all actionable facts about the events of January 6th.” pic.twitter.com/UytfpoAn3f
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) June 8, 2021
re: #97 Belafon
Then raise taxes on him.
Warren Buffett can argue all he wants about raising taxes on the rich, but it’s the rich who buy politicians to write the tax code in their favour.
There is nothing preventing Mr. Buffett from paying more in taxes and taking fewer deductions than a ruthless accounting firm can find.
He once said that there was something wrong when he paid less in taxes than his secretary.
Rather than the tax code, how about if we classify money hoarding as a mental illness, like other forms of pathological hoarding? What do you really need to spend your eleventh billion dollars on anyway?
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
The money was meant to go to a grifter, so what’s the difference?
He grifted people who wanted to be grifted by corrupt Donald Trump. Is that so bad?
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 8, 2021
re: #110 ckkatz
In my small corner of this Great Green Earth, I’m starting to see REITs looking to buy local single-family houses. I seem to remember that this did not end well back on 2007-8.
“Land banking” is the purview of the wealthy, and real estate schemes (e.g. REITs) get popular when there is extra money in the pocket of those wealthy.
re: #110 ckkatz
In my small corner of this Great Green Earth, I’m starting to see REITs looking to buy local single-family houses. I seem to remember that this did not end well back on 2007-8.
Even though we have McMansion Ordinances and limit short-term rentals, we have REITs buying perfectly nice little 30’s/40’s/50’s cottages here in the ‘hood on 7,500 sq ft lots (50’ X 150’) and putting up piles which they are then flipping for $1.4 million or so.
re: #57 lawhawk
Oh, and severe t-storm warning in effect for northern NJ. Woo.
I am apparently about 30 miles south of the southern end of that particular front. Although I suspect that later on today I will have my opportunity to participate in a severe thunderstorm.
re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
Migrant labor works because of the desperation gradient: it’s worth it to a Guatamalan who has no prospects in their own country because somebody created an oligarchy and ongoing narcoterror/gang problem and a series of banana republics that hoovered up generational inherited wealth. The capitalists that write policy for Republicans and about half of the Democrats understand the centrality of desperation—other people have to have so little that they’re willing to work for less—to continuous growth.
The nativism consistently gives way to the necessities of capital, but that’s not a moral victory, it’s literally just that you can’t in the current environment get enough prisoners that will work as hard for as long. Deep down the longing is for captive labor that can be paid a pittance: the reactionaries just haven’t figured out how to do that…a third time, following slavery and chain gangs…yet.
That’s what’s actually being expressed by Mo Brooks. The great sin isn’t that the migrant workers get into the country and work, but the possibility that they could stay in the country and become something more than menial, low-compensated labor. And the solution he’d prefer is for there to be more local menial, low-compensated labor that can’t improve their lot.
re: #116 ckkatz
I am apparently about 30 miles south of the southern end of that particular front. Although I suspect that later on today I will have my opportunity to participate in a severe thunderstorm.
The Mrs pointed out that someone spotted a nascent funnel cloud about 1 mile north of us within the past 30 minutes - it never descended to become a tornado, but I’ve seen significant rotation in clouds in the past 2 days worth of storms. There’s a lot of energy in these storms around NYC metro.
Well, check one off the list.
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re: #119 Dopamine Fish
Well, check one off the list.
My new, shorter-term mortgage is cleared to close. I’m taking advantage of the lower interest rates to cut a few years off the mortgage, so I can have more equity in the house faster in case of disaster or when we’re ready to move.>>
If you throw an extra $150/month at the principal, you’re ReFi time will be cut in half.
re: #118 lawhawk
The Mrs pointed out that someone spotted a nascent funnel cloud about 1 mile north of us within the past 30 minutes - it never descended to become a tornado, but I’ve seen significant rotation in clouds in the past 2 days worth of storms. There’s a lot of energy in these storms around NYC metro.
That’s definitely not going to generate a warm fuzzy feeling.
Wishing you and yours a safe and un-perturbed timeline!
re: #118 lawhawk
The Mrs pointed out that someone spotted a nascent funnel cloud about 1 mile north of us within the past 30 minutes - it never descended to become a tornado, but I’ve seen significant rotation in clouds in the past 2 days worth of storms. There’s a lot of energy in these storms around NYC metro.
It’s sunny here, though the wind is about 35mph. Our severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes will be after dark (always the best time for a tornado).
re: #5 Dangerman
a lot of people sitting in jail quickly regret what they did that got em there
Reminds me of the old saying:
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re: #120 austin_blue
Yes, I’m aware of that. I’m doing what I can.
re: #90 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Puffed pastry with sweet cream cheese (think semi-sweet carrot cake frosting) with fruit loops might be ok.
I won’t eat fruit loops at all because GROSS, but I digress.
puff pastry with sweetened cream cheese and guava paste are pastelitos (more or less)
re: #122 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It’s sunny here, though the wind is about 35mph. Our severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes will be after dark (always the best time for a tornado).
I don’t know when we’re getting any of this - I think it’s closer to the weekend. We are, however, having a power outage nearby, as my co-workers are losing access to resources in the headquarters building.
The Voting Rights Act was gutted by the 5-4 right wing Roberts Court in 2013. The “threat” is that the now 6-3 Handmaid’s Tale right wing court will come for the rest of it. And they will, as Mitch knows and likely hopes they will. https://t.co/HxNRScpvxt
— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) June 8, 2021
Art Laffer and his fake curve aren’t worth 15¢ an hour. No, make that 15¢ at all.
Fox guest Art Laffer: For those people who are coming into the labor force fresh, not oldtimers — the poor, the minorities, the disenfranchised, those with less education, young people who haven’t had the job experience — these people aren’t worth $15 an hour in most cases pic.twitter.com/P6R8yATW0D
— Lis Power (@LisPower1) June 8, 2021
Any Oregonian Lizards around to verify that this actually going to happen?
I did a quick Google and couldn’t find anything that was definite. Only that a special committee will consider it.
Looks like History will be made in Salem Oregon on Friday. They will expel Rep. Neaman from the Legislature.
— Badd Company (@BaddCompani) June 8, 2021
re: #128 The Pie Overlord!
Get these assholes to live on 15 dollars an hour. Also, there it is, defining the worth of human life in dollars. That POS is yet another argument for a cap on wealth.
re: #92 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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i’ve been following this story and know the arguments but this is getting kind of disingenuous
this ‘true tax rate’ is a meaningless comparison because that is not the system they are taxed under. it makes it look egregiously low.
what would be helpful to know is his effective tax rate on his annual income as compared to everyone else’s effective tax rate on their annual income
it would still be ridiculously and probably egregiously low
it would be a fairer comparison
and it would point out how the actual current income tax system that you pay into favors the wealthy who pay less than their fair share into
Of 25 richest Americans, Warren Buffett paid lowest taxes 2014-2018 — “a true tax rate of 0.1%, or less than 10 cents for every $100 he added to his wealth.”
“That’s perhaps surprising, given his public stance as an advocate of higher taxes for the rich.”https://t.co/kDwlFIq5sb— Alia Conley (@aliaconleyOWH) June 8, 2021
re: #131 A Mom Anon
Get these assholes to live on 15 dollars an hour. Also, there it is, defining the worth of human life in dollars. That POS is yet another argument for a cap on wealth.
They keep making arguments about why we should eat the rich, possibly with a nice Chianti and fava beans.
re: #130 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Any Oregonian Lizards around to verify that this actually going to happen?
I did a quick Google and couldn’t find anything that was definite. Only that a special committee will consider it.
This rules change passed on the House floor with bipartisan support. The discussion lacked the fireworks of this morning’s Rules Committee. It means the Special Committee can proceed with its business. #orleg #orpol https://t.co/sYLnyFAI1w
— Chris Lehman (@CapitolCurrents) June 8, 2021
House GOP members have publicly urged Rep. Nearman to resign, but it doesn’t mean they’ll vote to expel him. This morning, all 3 Republicans on House Rules voted against the creation of a Special Committee tasked with processing the expulsion resolution. #orleg #orpol
— Chris Lehman (@CapitolCurrents) June 8, 2021
re: #128 The Pie Overlord!
I sayin’ it again.
Their core premise is that the rest of us have to prove our worth to live to them as they increase the difficulty level.
That’s why, in their soup-filled brains, it makes no difference that people are now compensated less for more work while their money is worth less because prices keep going up: the only thing that matters is that they’re on top and they get to decide who lives, and who lives how well.
re: #130 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
I saw a report earlier today that quoted him as saying that was likely.
I’ll have to track that down, but even GOPers in the state legislature are calling for him to resign. That would allow them to avoid having to go and vote his insurrectionist ass out of the legislature.
— Köksal Akın (@newworlddd555) June 8, 2021
I wish I could snap my fingers and make all the undocumented immigrants disappear, just to show conservatives how much America relies on them without even realizing it.
And fuck that guy from Alabama saying it’s bullshit that people are coming here looking for jobs. When they are jobs that Americans can’t or won’t do for the pay offered, you have to look somewhere to find willing workers.
To riff on a popular meme: Immigrants are some of the hardest working people in this country. Prove me wrong.
re: #135 The Ghost of a Flea
Their economics, just like their theology, cannot be coherent because the core base assumption—that there is a hierarchy; that they are atop that hierarchy; and that their position is axiomatic—cannot bear examination. Their own worth is never to be evaluated by their own metrics.
Art Laffer is valuable because he creates material that can pass as analysis because it uses clever-sounding words but acknowledges the taboo.
(The tragicomedy being that it’s inevitable that the lower echelons of this absence-of-ideology will be sorted and found wanting by the higher ones…like how conservatives dumped Appalachia. Their system, as built, always fails in exactly the same way.)
Nebraska’s COVID case count continued to decline last week, with the weekly total dropping under 300 for the first time since the pandemic’s earliest days. https://t.co/HHqkggaDez
— Star-Herald (@sbstarherald) June 8, 2021
re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth
So a definite maybe.
re: #138 Eclectic Cyborg
I wish I could snap my fingers and make all the undocumented immigrants disappear, just to show conservatives how much America relies on them without even realizing it.
And fuck that guy from Alabama saying it’s bullshit that people are coming here looking for jobs. When they are jobs that Americans can’t or won’t do for the pay offered, you have to look somewhere to find willing workers.
To riff on a popular meme: Immigrants are some of the hardest working people in this country. Prove me wrong.
We did a day without immigrants a couple of years ago, where a lot of them phoned in sick. Service at fast food restaurants was terrible, but it doesn’t seem to have woken anyone up.
Yes, it’s disturbing to see dozens of American flags in one spot, mixed with MAGA hats and Trump t-shirts and pro-Trump signs.
But it’s not the flags that are disturbing, it’s the delusional people holding them. On 1/6 they were beating police with those flagpoles.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 8, 2021
lol
Our story https://t.co/vnZiByJWEs
— Jon Christian (@Jon_Christian) June 8, 2021
OMG @TonyHoWasHere found it (also please follow him) https://t.co/dhkpiNzGcn
— Jon Christian (@Jon_Christian) June 8, 2021
re: #136 lawhawk
I saw a report earlier today that quoted him as saying that was likely.
I’ll have to track that down, but even GOPers in the state legislature are calling for him to resign. That would allow them to avoid having to go and vote his insurrectionist ass out of the legislature.
He is a conservative. The only person who matters is he himself. He will not resign unless someone digs up opposition research on him that would cause him to reconsider.
They will have to force him out, and ultimately, the other conservatives probably won’t go along with it. WWG1WGA doesn’t just apply to Q-anon (and why is that stupid acronym in my dictionary).
re: #142 Punish Domestic Terrorists
We did a day without immigrants a couple of years ago, where a lot of them phoned in sick. Service at fast food restaurants was terrible, but it doesn’t seem to have woken anyone up.
One day is not enough to get their attention. It would need to actually affect them personally before they cared. Weeks or months.
pastelitos streamlined, for those who are interested
Ingredients
2 pkgs puff pastry (4 sheets)
14 oz guava paste
8 oz cream cheese
3 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp milk
1-2 eggs beaten, for egg wash
½ c + ¼ c water
¼ c sugar + 2 tbsp sugar
Prep
This takes time but isnt difficult - figure 2 hrs end to end
Remove cream cheese to room temp
Work the guava first while the cheese warms - it could take about an hour
Also thaw pastry sheets for 30 min after say 30-45 min
Prepare guava filling
Cut guava into 1/2-inch cubes. Place in a saucepan with ½ cup water and cook over medium-low heat until the cubes begin to melt down - (20-30-45 min). Add 2 tbsp. of lemon juice to melted-down cubes. Continue to stir until the cubes melt down into a thick jelly-like consistency, another 10 min or so.
Remove from heat and let it start to cool - Dont worry it wont turn into glue.
Prepare cream cheese filling
Place cream cheese in a bowl and mix well with hand mixer
Add 1 tsp. lemon juice and 1 tbsp. milk and mix well.
Add 2 tbsp. sugar and mix until it smooths properly.
Line a sheet pan with parchment paper
When the pastry has thawed, unfold one onto the parchment
Use a knife to cut tic tac toe 9 squares and separate them
Distribute ½ the cheese to the 9 shapes - try to leave ¼ - ½ inch border for sealing.
Distribute an equal amount of guava - about a spoonful (you won’t use ½ the pot - save the rest for something else.)
Line 2nd sheet pan with parchment and unfold 2nd pastry
Cut the same way
Add water to a small bowl, and using your fingers or a brush, wet the borders of both the bottoms and tops of the tic tac toe. Carefully place the tops on the bottoms - all at once is ok, and press down along all the edges.
Repeat with second set of pastry (use a 3rd pan)
Heat oven to 350
Add a little water to the eggs to make an egg wash. Brush / cover each pastry with a generous amount of the egg wash.
Bake 35 minutes.
While baking, prepare simple syrup by mixing ¼ cup water with ¼ cup sugar. Microwave 3-4 minutes or so. Set aside, it’s ok to cool.
After 35 minutes or the pastries have just begun to turn brown on top, remove and brush generously with simple syrup.
Bake for another 5 minutes or until the simple syrup begins to caramelize.
Cool at least 5 min
Yum.
re: #135 The Ghost of a Flea
I sayin’ it again.
Their core premise is that the rest of us have to prove our worth to live to them as they increase the difficulty level.
That’s why, in their soup-filled brains, it makes no difference that people are now compensated less for more work while their money is worth less because prices keep going up: the only thing that matter is that they’re on top and they get to decide who lives, and who lives how well.
+1 for “soup-filled”
re: #142 Punish Domestic Terrorists
We did a day without immigrants a couple of years ago, where a lot of them phoned in sick. Service at fast food restaurants was terrible, but it doesn’t seem to have woken anyone up.
It would take more than a day for the point to really be driven home.
re: #144 Backwoods_Sleuth
lol
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re: #149 Eclectic Cyborg
It would take more than a day for the point to really be driven home.
Clearly.
The eyes of this tiny crab.. 👀😅 pic.twitter.com/2QDZBLlAJz
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) June 8, 2021
Some dumbass just opened up a Trump Won flag at Fenway. Promptly got kicked out. Turns out he lost too pic.twitter.com/GJU9t6U17N
— Reed (@reed_grubbs) June 7, 2021
re: #153 Dangerman
But he didn’t win. Right, Buck? https://t.co/lYhong1GJD
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) June 8, 2021
re: #138 Eclectic Cyborg
I wish I could snap my fingers and make all the undocumented immigrants disappear, just to show conservatives how much America relies on them without even realizing it.
And fuck that guy from Alabama saying it’s bullshit that people are coming here looking for jobs. When they are jobs that Americans can’t or won’t do for the pay offered, you have to look somewhere to find willing workers.
To riff on a popular meme: Immigrants are some of the hardest working people in this country. Prove me wrong.
A Day Without a Mexican
en.wikipedia.org
re: #153 Dangerman
ok apparently it has more to do with this:
“Signs, banners and other items may be admitted as long as they do not: obstruct the sight lines of other fans, cover up existing signage, exhibit messages commercial or political in nature, create a disturbance or contain obscene or offensive language or interfere with other fans’ enjoyment of the game
You don’t need smart people to campaign on lies and hate. In fact, it probably helps to be an idiot.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) June 8, 2021
re: #154 Dangerman
Your porn name is the male term for an animal, and the name of a piece of nautical equipment.
re: #157 No Malarkey!
A smart person will try to rationalize the lies so that they’re consistent.
re: #158 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Okay, so “sextant” is misspelt in his name. He’s a conservative though, that seems to be their thing.
re: #1 DesertDenizen
Will Arizona’s fraudit start checking ballots for traces or marinara or olive oil?
Salsa, they’re going to look for salsa and guacamole on the ballots next.
re: #159 Belafon
A smart person will try to rationalize the lies so that they’re consistent.
Which is a problem. Far better to just tell whatever lie works at the moment, because the base doesn’t care if you are consistent or not.
re: #157 No Malarkey!
The Twitterati should be reporting Sen. Blackburn’s post as political disinformation.
re: #163 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The Twitterati should be reporting Sen. Blackburn’s post as
political disinformationlies.
Brian Williams Trolls Fox News By Showing Capitol Riot Ad It Rejected (for free)
Thank you Brian Williams for sharing our ad that Fox “News” doesn’t want their viewers to see pic.twitter.com/VIgDC0rdod
re: #154 Dangerman
Are we sure this joker isn’t a satirical Stephen Colbert character?
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 8, 2021
re: #157 No Malarkey!
Isn’t it obvious? They’re the white nationalists. The dumbest white people. The pool they can choose candidates from is very shallow and too stupid to succeed in an egalitarian society.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 8, 2021
No surprise. On to the next step in the dance with Manchin.
*BIDEN, CAPITO END INFRASTRUCTURE TALKS WITH NO DEAL
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) June 8, 2021
re: #155 ckkatz
A Day Without a Mexican
en.wikipedia.org
Interesting. Though apparently it’s a crappy movie.
re: #148 Dangerman
Fastest way to resolve the “problem” of migrant labor…which is really just labor that is cheap because it is unregulated or lies in a regulatory carve-out…would be for there to be no rules where you can pay a migrant less, visa or not.
…but nobody wants that solution because it means a cascade of effects that show that the system we live in is as stable as a penny farthing and built mostly to feed wealth to a tiny number of oligarchs.
That things cannot improve for the undervalued laborers is so important to the flow of capital that businesses and politicians just keep creating more and more elaborate confections of supply chains, legal shells, and old-school corruption to hone the process. The minute factories had the option to move somewhere with no unions, a political/legal system willing to block the formation of unions, and lots of people so poor that they’ll accept more risky and more unhealthy working conditions…they did it.
The insistence that there is a moral quality to the outcomes of capitalism is belied by how often they’re wiling to slide into authoritarian or even communist states, if those states can supply cheap labor.
Take everything and everyone in the world and throw it into a threshing machine that shit out shareholder value.
re: #7 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Santorum was only kicked off CNN recently because of racist comments he made about Native Americans.
re: #171 Patricia Kayden
Santorum was only kicked off CNN recently because of racist comments he made about Native Americans.
That’s right. I’d misremembered the coup as being the last straw like it was for some other people in the media.
Hunter Biden is trending on Twitter. I clicked so you don’t have to. Emails from someone (could be anyone, could be fake) use the N word. I’m calling BS on this. But I also don’t give a fuck about Hunter and neither should you.
Senator @RonJohnsonWI: “what I want to know is why was the study into the lab leak theory terminated?”
Sec. Blinken: “It wasn’t.”
Johnson (cutting him off): “Not now… Tell me about it later.” 🤐🧐
pic.twitter.com/OnyIGXcb8e— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) June 8, 2021
Hillsborough: Police forces agree cover-up compensation for victims
I don’t whip out “cops lie” that often, but…
…If you’re ever skeptical about how far US police unions might go to never admit their own fucked up, look at how the bobbies have lied about getting 96 people killed for 32 years.
re: #176 The Ghost of a Flea
I am aware of the backstory on this and holy fuck were those cops crooked as hell.
re: #168 No Malarkey!
No surprise. On to the next step in the dance with Manchin.
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— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) June 8, 2021
it was never serious
so the r’s raised their ‘offer’ by $50b.
he started at 2.2b
r’s said 500b, including 300b that was already budgeted. so really a scam.
their last proposal included $350b in new spending. about 15% of where biden started
these are not serious people.
biden is not gonna ‘pay’ over $1T for a chance at ‘bipartisanship’ (which we know they will swipe away the football anyway)
biden also agreed not to touch the 2017 tax cut. He suggested a 15% corp minimum tax.
Still a bridge too far for the R’s. they rejected out of hand.
these are not serious people
re: #175 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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im fine with blinken’s answer
but remind me, who was president at the time?
Senator @RonJohnsonWI: “what I want to know is why was the study into the lab leak theory terminated?”
Sec. Blinken: “It wasn’t.”
Johnson (cutting him off): “Not now… Tell me about it later.” 🤐🧐
pic.twitter.com/OnyIGXcb8e— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) June 8, 2021
re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth
Speaking of White Christian Nationalism, I came across this earlier today as I was going down a bunny trail on future activities of one “pastor” Mark Driscoll.This video is to get people aged 18-24 to sign up for “Vector Academy” at Grace City Church in Wenatchee, WA.
If you go by the video, it’s nine months of culture war and Christian Nationalism.
I watched this thing twice and pulled up the transcript. It’s all the Evangelical vulture culture war tropes and buzzwords: the world is crazy, rioting, criticizing non-Christian prayers in Congress, anything that isn’t heterosexual, a smack at transgender people, then Trump, Biden, college is bad and will brainwash you, it’s a dumpster fire…
*throws hands in air*
I think that since I can’t picket Driscoll right now (due to the uncontrolled nature of guns on the property, my brother asked me to stay away for a while), evisceratingvthis 150 seconds of WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? may serve as a substitute.
Arizona’s heavily criticized audit of ballots in Maricopa County has inspired a new wave of investigations into the 2020 election that could further undermine public trust in the vote count and fuel misinformation about voter fraud, critics warn—with Wisconsin becoming the latest state Wednesday to announce a new probe despite there being no evidence of widespread fraud or irregularities.
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re: #177 Eclectic Cyborg
Not just crooked.
It’s also the post-Thatcher hangover in which it was more important to stop rowdy behaviors and “hooliganism” through heavy-handed policing of all football goers…part of the larger permissiveness towards police violence against poor people and brown people that was going on because Tories were basically Reaganites that were also nostalgic for the Raj.
Control mattered more than people’s overall safety.
re: #180 mmmirele
Speaking of White Christian Nationalism, I came across this earlier today as I was going down a bunny trail on future activities of one “pastor” Mark Driscoll.This video is to get people aged 18-24 to sign up for “Vector Academy” at Grace City Church in Wenatchee, WA.
If you go by the video, it’s nine months of culture war and Christian Nationalism.
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I watched this thing twice and pulled up the transcript. It’s all the Evangelical
vultureculture war tropes and buzzwords: the world is crazy, rioting, criticizing non-Christian prayers in Congress, anything that isn’t heterosexual, a smack at transgender people, then Trump, Biden, college is bad and will brainwash you, it’s a dumpster fire…*throws hands in air*
I think that since I can’t picket Driscoll right now (due to the uncontrolled nature of guns on the property, my brother asked me to stay away for a while), evisceratingvthis 150 seconds of WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? may serve as a substitute.
They never seem to figure out that they’re shit-for-brains bigots afraid of their own delusions, and that the people they hate are not the problem.
If I had one wish, I’d wish that right-wingers worldwide became self-aware, so they could realize that the people they hate are not the problem.
re: #181 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Who is funding all these damn investigations and audits??? So much wasted money.
re: #185 Eclectic Cyborg
Who is funding all these damn investigations and audits??? So much wasted money.
The Mercers? Koch? Adelson’s Widow? Russian Money?
re: #180 mmmirele
This is why I’ve given up on Xtian churches. They have clearly locked into killing democracy and imposing a dictatorship in the US.
sure thing, Shelley…
And @SenCapito has a bit of a different view.
Says Biden pulled out, and she’s disappointed.
Whoa boy! pic.twitter.com/YngNpqsNUY— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) June 8, 2021
re: #181 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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because ex-cops have all kinds of experience validating settled elections
re: #185 Eclectic Cyborg
Who is funding all these damn investigations and audits??? So much wasted money.
they are conduits to grift taxpayer cash to their friends
re: #190 Dangerman
because ex-cops have all kinds of experience validating settled elections
Did the Wisconsin Speaker hire members of Sheriff Joe’s Cold Case Posse?????
re: #192 JOE 🥓
Did the Wisconsin Speaker hire members of Sheriff Joe’s Cold Case Posse?????
……..
…three retired police officers as government contractors for a taxpayer-funded investigation that will broadly look into the election, including allegations of “double voting,” how absentee ballots were verified and how cities used private grants to fund their elections.
The three-month investigation will not change the election results, but the officers will produce a report by the fall that lawmakers could use as the basis for new election laws, and they can subpoena people and refer potential issues to prosecutors if necessary.
Two people whose opinions I care nothing about. Andrea Mitchell and John Bolton.
Each was briefly saved from fading into irrelevance by the Trump presidency. It would be great if they each just ran right along now. https://t.co/0fU14sjlnv— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) June 8, 2021
“He’s been getting ready for this for 50 years,” @PressSec says when asked how @POTUS has been prepping for his first foreign trip
— Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) June 8, 2021
re: #189 Backwoods_Sleuth
sure thing, Shelley…
Did we expect Capito to tell the truth about anything.
Aw fuck no, she’s just a typical Republican. Every word out of her mouth is a lie.
Even when she farts and belches she lies.
Last week — a holiday week — was slow.
We saw the number of vaccinations pick up today, significantly over last week.
We’ve had 165m adults get their first shot — we need about 15m more in the next 26 days. We can do it! https://t.co/g83i72GiXl— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) June 8, 2021
re: #185 Eclectic Cyborg
Who is funding all these damn investigations and audits??? So much wasted money.
re: #190 Dangerman
because ex-cops have all kinds of experience validating settled elections
It’s happening because there’s people with a lot of money (pooled together or individually held) and a core assumption that there is no truth beyond what they want.
They will pay people to create stories about why the election was fraudulent because that’s what they want, that is what they find gratifying, and they feel that the rest of us should respect that what they want is what’s best for us all and thus “true.”
While there are a few operators that are actively engaged in a strategy to de-legitimate this election, or the concept of elections in general—because there’s material gain at stake—for the most part the participants are simply gratifying themselves: if the effort fails it will still produce self-pity and righteous indignation that will feel pleasurable.
It’s an episteme where a thing can be made true by applying power, and—callback to the Marquis de Sade—these folks have specific things they want to be true that are all about their gratification needs being more important than other people. It’s not that they all want the same thing/things, it’s that each in their own appetites requires a society where there are a lot of lesser kinds of people that have to be compliant.
re: #185 Eclectic Cyborg
Who is funding all these damn investigations and audits??? So much wasted money.
They are grifting off of MAGA cultists who probably believe Trump will be reinstated.
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